Chapter 2 Literature Review

Question 1

What does Cooper and Olson (1996) point out about TPI?

Answer 1

It is a process and a product

It is both personal and collective

Question 2

What are Barber’s (1963) four aspects of professionalism?

Answer 2

1) specialised knowledge
2) self-regulation through ethical code
3) recognised qualifications
4) working for the community

Question 3

What is missing from Barber’s definition of professionalism?

Answer 3

1) Ignores the self
2) Ignores power relations
3) desire for autonomy and responsibility

Question 4

What are the four key characteristics of TPI identified in the literature?

Answer 4

1) Self/Personal identity
2) Skills and knowledge
3) Context
4) Discourse

Question 5

What are the three key aspects of self identified by Beauchamp and Thomas?

Answer 5

1) emotions
2) narrative stories/refelection
3) agency

Question 6

Why are emotions key to TPI according to Day and Leitch?

Answer 6

1) emotional intelligence key to teaching
2) emotions key to rational decision making
3) emotional health key to good teaching

Question 7

What is the traditional ‘masculine’ model of professionalism?

Answer 7

Technical rationality/competency (based on scientific/technical knowledge)
Seen as ‘dangerous myth’ for teaching as lacks emotional understanding

Question 8

What are some different narrative positions that teachers often allocate to themselves? p25

Answer 8

1) reform orientated
2) student entered
3) having a role in the community

Question 9

Why is agency so important to identity? p26

Answer 9

1) pursue goals/reconstruct goals
2) cope with changes in context (choose from multiple identities)
3) sense of empowerment

Question 10

What is the difference between pedagogical and didactic knowledge? p28

Answer 10

pedagogy = how they learn/ creating learning environment
didactic = what they learn/ how it is passed to them

Question 11

What are the benfits of university based ITT? p29

Answer 11

find value and meaning in teaching

not ‘what can I do’ but ‘who can I be’

Question 12

What are the key pre-teaching contextual influences on identity? p31

Answer 12

family
community obligation
desirability of other career choices
own school experience

Question 13

What does Jennifer Nias mean by ‘institutional bias’ in a school? p31

Answer 13

dominant members of staff hold institutional power & impose their view of teaching on others